CLOSING THE FILE ON FLIGHT 007

CLOSING THE FILE ON FLIGHT 007 The New Yorker, December 13, 1993 P. 90

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A REPORTER AT LARGE about the downing of KAL 007 by the Soviets. Writer reveals the series of steps which led to the shooting down of the airliner, including the mistakes made by the pilot which sent him over Russian airspace, and the Cold War tensions which led the Soviets to shoot down the plane. Mentions the possibility that the Soviets thought the plane was an American surveillance craft and reveals that the USSR covered up the truth--that the plane was not a spy plane of any sort.